This fish has me all kinds of confused...what gender is it exactly? Any guesses? It's a HMPK, roughly 4months old. It doesn't looks quite like its brother (which I have also), by not having such a pronounced anal fin. However, the fish is all head, with a very slender body, and when it flares, it's got a beard. Like almost as big as its brothers beard. There are no ventrals.

This fish also looks quite different from its sisters...all sisters have a roundish body and a shorter, pointier anal fin. Also, they don't have beards when they flare.

This is zebra again. I'm totally stumped, and looking for any opinions. Thanks.

Yeah, the no-ventrals thing is really sad...he came to me this way though. He seems to be happy enough without them. So I think Zebra's name will be changed to Norbert. We'll see what my daughter says about that.

Now that I look closely, he is boy, I'm almost certain. Woke up this morning to find a chunk taken out of his anal fin, which means he has to get out of the sorority ASAP. I think those girls would harass him to death; they are fiesty enough to do it.

Thanks everybody! I had long suspected this was a boy, but just couldn't nail it until now.